News
Topps Gold Logoman takes over social media as collectors celebrate release of 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball
The release of 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball created quite a stir on social media Thursday as collectors, athletes and celebrities participated in the launch of the special Topps NBA Gold Logoman cards.
As the set was officially released, the NBA, NBA China, Topps, hundreds of hobby shops and breakers worldwide, athletes and such hobby celebrities as Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin and Shark Tank's Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O'Leary changed their profile images to the NBA Gold Logoman patch.
Related Content:
The patch has been worn on the jerseys of last year's major award winners this season and will be embedded into cards from the Topps Chrome set.
In addition to the social media takeover, eight NBA Stores worldwide changed their logos—inside and out—to the Gold Logoman along with images of Chrome Basketball cards. NBA Stores in New York City L.A., Minneapolis, Houston, Paris, London, Guangzhou and Beijing will display the Gold logos through Christmas.
The Topps Gold NBA Logoman is a first-of-its-kind relic program featuring game-worn Gold Logoman patches from the NBA’s 2024-25 MVP (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander), ROTY (Stephon Castle), and DPOY (Evan Mobley). Each player wearing the Gold Logoman will have a 1/1 autographed trading card with non-autographed cards numbers to /4.
The checklist features a deep class of rookies, including Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey, and Kon Knueppel. It also features such current stars such as Victor Wembanyama, Stephen Curry, LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, and legends such as Shaquille O’Neal, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Allen Iverson.
The set features 300 base cards. Each Hobby Box includes 20 packs with four cards per pack and one auto. Hobby Boxes retail for $380.
The set includes autographs of the top rookies as well as such inserts as Gold Logoman, Glass Canvas, Next Stop Signatures, Ultra Violet All-Stars, Fanatical, Statospheric, and Helix.
The Topps Chrome MVP Buyback program also hits the court with Topps and participating hobby shops buying back 2025 Topps Chrome Basketball cards featuring the 2025/26 Kia MVP award winner for store credit.
